Ground Truth follows weather and climate observation at the South Pole, McMurdo Station and field sites in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica and asks why people go to remote, uncomfortable and often hazardous locations, doing what is known as ‘ground truthing.’ Directed by Andrea Polli Videography and sound by Andrea Polli and Tia Kramer Post-production by Andrea Polli, Brandon Lied, Greg O’Brien, Linda Post and Leslie Lavelanet Transcripts and graphics by Klew Williams and Andrea Polli Starring:H...
Although air is invisible, it has a major impact on public health. Santa Clara County received a failing grade for air quality in the American Lung Association’s 2009 State of the Air Report and currently surpasses unhealthy short-term pollution particles a yearly average of 11 days, the 24th highest level in the US. The number of people that airborne particulate pollution kills each year has tripled in California. ;Despite the invisibility of air, modern sensors can detect tiny particulate po...
Breather illustrates the problem of air pollution in Delhi India, where one person dies every hour from breathing complications. ; In this work, a common Indian car is encased in a plastic bubble that inflates and deflates at a rate similar to human breathing. Commissioned by Khoj International, New Delhi
The connection between the automobile, life and air in NewYork City is explored through Cloud Car, a car fitted with special effects equipment that produces a cloud of mist, enveloping car and rider. As a public artwork, Cloud Car focuses attention on air and the automobile with a cloud of mist. Air is made tangible and visible. http://www.eyebeam.org/cloud-car